| Pronunciation: | | `disin'fekt
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| | Definition: | |
[v] destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound" |
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DISINFECT is a 9 letter word that starts with D. |
| | Antonyms: | | infect, taint |
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| | See Also: | | chlorinate, clean, make clean, sterilise, sterilize |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis`in*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinfected}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Disinfecting}.]
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy
putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
When the infectious matter and the infectious matter
and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to
deodorize is to disinfect. --Ure.
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